Comments on: BPM Milan: Diagnosing Differences between Business Process Models http://www.column2.com/2008/09/bpm-milan-diagnosing-differences-between-business-process-models/ BPM, Enterprise 2.0 and technology trends in business. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sandy Kemsley http://www.column2.com/2008/09/bpm-milan-diagnosing-differences-between-business-process-models/comment-page-1/#comment-8655 Sandy Kemsley Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:01:23 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2008/09/bpm-milan-diagnosing-differences-between-business-process-models/#comment-8655 Thanks for a good presentation, Remco. I was getting a bit burnt out by the end of the day, not sure that I was giving you my full concentration -- I will have to review your paper in the proceedings! I liked a lot of the presentations today for their practical applicability, since I work more with real-world implementations. Thanks for a good presentation, Remco. I was getting a bit burnt out by the end of the day, not sure that I was giving you my full concentration — I will have to review your paper in the proceedings! I liked a lot of the presentations today for their practical applicability, since I work more with real-world implementations.

]]> By: Remco Dijkman http://www.column2.com/2008/09/bpm-milan-diagnosing-differences-between-business-process-models/comment-page-1/#comment-8654 Remco Dijkman Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:57:59 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2008/09/bpm-milan-diagnosing-differences-between-business-process-models/#comment-8654 Sandy, thanks for covering my presentation. I would like to use this comment to stress the practical relevance of my research. I developed the technique as an aid to perform a merger at an operational level. I have applied it in four mergers now (three only on paper and one 'for real'.) From that experience I claim that the technique indeed helps in practice. Although the formal background of the technique is not very helpful in practice, the 'taxonomy' of differences helps practitioners to understand where their organizations are similar and where there exist differences that need to be addressed in the merger. Sandy, thanks for covering my presentation. I would like to use this comment to stress the practical relevance of my research.

I developed the technique as an aid to perform a merger at an operational level. I have applied it in four mergers now (three only on paper and one ‘for real’.) From that experience I claim that the technique indeed helps in practice.

Although the formal background of the technique is not very helpful in practice, the ‘taxonomy’ of differences helps practitioners to understand where their organizations are similar and where there exist differences that need to be addressed in the merger.

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